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This Week from the Providence Dept. of Art, Culture + Tourism - February 18, 2009
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009 |
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Jeremy Nowak is a nationally recognized leader in urban development. His recent publications examine the role of art and culture in neighborhood regeneration; policy options for distressed cities; and, the role of development finance for older industrial cities. Nowak is currently a Fellow at the Aspen Institute, in a program for entrepreneurial leaders in education, and a member of a Harvard University (Kennedy School) Executive Session on transforming cities through civic entrepreneurship.
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LUNAFEST |
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LUNAFEST films are renowned for celebrating the talents and stories of women. All proceeds from the festival benefit the Breast Cancer Fund & Families First Rhode Island. |
March 19, 7pm
Tazza Caffe
250 Westminster Street
Tickets Are $35
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French Film Festival |
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The 2009 French Film Festival, presented by Brown University, will be hosted at the Cable Car Cinema. Discounts are available for attending multiple screenings. |
February 19 - March 1
Cable Car Cinema
204 South Main Street
$8 Per Screening
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You Be The Judge |
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This RI International Film Festival presentation returns for a new season as they reveal some of the entries under consideration for the 2009 RI International Film Festival. |
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February 19, 7pm
Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House
209 Douglas Avenue
$5 Suggested Donation
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Academy Awards Party |
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Celebrate the Oscars with the RIIFF, filmmakers and film lovers. They'll be screening nominated films that have hailed from RIIFF, serving refreshments and much more. |
February 22, 4pm - 6:30pm
Peerless Building
235 Westminster Street
Tickets Are $20
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Cine¡OLÉ! 2009 |
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The RIIFF presents a special screening that explores the cinema of Spain and allows audience members to help review Spanish films for the 2009 RI International Film Festival. |
February 22, 1:30pm - 3:30pm
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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Silver Screen Party |
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The evening offers an opportunity to dress for the red carpet, enjoy classic cocktails and a delicious buffet, bid on silent auction items and support Providence Public Schools. |
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February 22, 7pm - 11pm
RISD Museum - Farago Wing
20 North Main Street
Tickets Start At $150
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Royal Gallery |
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Classical Realism characterizes a love for the visible world and an outstanding level of artistic skill featuring selected work by Brian MacNeil & Jane Puerini. |
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Through March 14
Royal Gallery
298 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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Providence Art Club |
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The Dodge House Gallery will feature Homage To Timeless Architecture while the Maxwell Mays Gallery will feature Three Woman's Art. |
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Through March 6
Providence Art Club
11 Thomas Street
Free To The Public
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Bert Gallery |
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The featured exhibit at Bert Gallery to kick off the new year will be Old World Charm: Watercolors by Hezekiah A. Dyer. |
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Through March 6
Bert Gallery
540 South Water Street
Free To The Public
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IMAGO FEM |
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IMAGO FEM is an art show dedicated to the issues of abuse and injustice
against women, participating to raise awareness for V-DAY. |
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February 21 - March 14
West Side Arts Gallery
745 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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Celebrating their Red Heart selection, each work in the collection will have a touch of red to signify the romantic season of love. |
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Reception February 19, 5pm
Chabot Gallery
379 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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The Gallery at City Hall will be featuring a new exhibit in the month of March. Details to follow next week. |
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Through March
Providence City Hall
25 Dorrance Street
Free To The Public
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Gallery Z |
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Sensuality and beauty will be experienced in February at Gallery Z through different artist interpretations of what constitutes "erotic art". |
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Recpetion February 19, 5pm
Gallery Z
259 Atwells Avenue
Free To The Public
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URI Providence Gallery |
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The Holocaust: Women And Resistance - The Will To Survive And Thrive will be the featured exhibition through the month of April. |
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March 2 - April 30
URI Providence Gallery
80 Washington Street
Free To The Public
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5 Traverse |
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The 5 Traverse Gallery will be hosting an exhibit featuring works from sculpture Jon Laustsen and video artist & photographer Magaly Ponce. |
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Through March 14
5 Traverse
5 Traverse Street
Free To The Public
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Providence Library |
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Hidden from History: Slavery in Rhode Island from its Inception to Its End, a landmark exhibit depicting slavery in Rhode Island, will be featured through March. |
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February 26 - March 29
Providence Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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This exhibit in the Fleet Library
at RISD, Bedazzled, examines the questions surrounding
the relationship of art and camouflage. |
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Through March 29
Fleet Library @ RISD
15 Westminster Street
Free To The Public
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The David Winton Bell Gallery at Brown University presents Knot, a three-part solo exhibition by Lebanese-born and New York-based artist Annabel Daou. |
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Through March 8
Bell Gallery
64 College Street
Free To The Public
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Krause Gallery |
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Details Within The Bigger Picture shows how the artist explores the rich textures and lush colors that emerge from close observation of details. |
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Through February 27
Moses Brown
250 Lloyd Avenue
Free To The Public
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Firehouse 13 is pleased to announce their February show Roil and Flush featuring new works by Anna Shapiro and Will Machin. |
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Through February 28
Firehouse 13
41 Central Street
Free To The Public
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Carl Ostendarp, known for paintings that respond to and take off from the history of late Modernist art, created a mural installation specifically for RISD. |
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Through August 23
RISD Museum
20 North Main Street
Museum Admission $10
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AS220 |
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AS220's Galleries will be displaying paintings by Claudia DePina, new works from the AS220 Cottage Industries and much more. |
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Through February 21
AS220
115 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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The Providence Public Library will be featuring Recent Acquisitions by PPL Special Collections: Nicholson Whaling Collection on the 3rd floor. |
Through February
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street
Free To The Public
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An exhibit of oil and watercolor painting, mixed media and printmaking representing the life long career of RI artist and teacher Daniel Walker. |
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Through February 26
URI Feinstein Campus Gallery
80 Washington Street
Free To The Public
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Directed by Vanessa Gilbert, Bad Money is a comedy about market forces, relative morality and the ambivalence of globalization. |
February 20 - March 8
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $20
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"What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up, like a raisin in the sun? Or does it explode?" |
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Through March 8
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
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An unnamed African country. A civil war. A student, a thief and a soldier. Who would you trust with your life? |
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Through March 8
Providence Black Rep
276 Westminster Street
Tickets Are $20
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The Secret Rapture |
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When a father dies, two sisters must come together and face their differences - and their intrusive stepmother. Written by David Hare. |
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February 20 - March 29
Trinity Repertory Company
201 Washington Street
Tickets Are $20 - $60
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The Brown/Trinity Rep Consortium presents the murderous charade of two maids who take turns acting as "Madame," abusing each other as either servant or mistress. |
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February 27 - March 8
Pell Chafee Performance Ctr.
87 Empire Street
Tickets Are $10
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Presented by Brown University and set in the tumultuous city of Berlin just before Hitler's rise to power. Based on Berlin Stories and I Am a Camera. |
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February 26 - March 1
Stuart Theatre
77 Waterman Street
Tickets Are $17
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Rites & Reason Theatre |
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Rites & Reason Theatre presents Gever/Shabab: Shadows of Israel-Palestine, an intimate portrait of the
Israeli - Palestinian conflict. |
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February 19 - 21, 7pm
Rites & Reason Theatre
155 Angell Street
Tickets Are $10
401-863-3558 |
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RI College presents Anton Chekhov's play about a very human tendency to reject love that is freely given and seek it where it is withheld. |
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February 18 - 22
Forman Theatre
600 Mount Plesant Avenue
Tickets Are $15
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Everyone has a story to tell. Come to Live Bait and tell yours or watch others tell theirs. This month's theme is "A Really Stupid Thing To Do." |
March 6, 10pm
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $5
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Off The Beaten Path |
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Weaving together music and dance from around the world through the art of jazz music and tap dance. |
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February 21, 7:30pm
Auditorium At Roberts Hall
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $35
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Divine Performing Arts |
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Divine Performing Arts brings to life classical Chinese
dance and music in a gloriously colorful and exhilarating show. |
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March 5, 7pm
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $38 - $88
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Annual Spring Concert |
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These performances will feature the Rhode Island College Dance Company performing works by guest, local and alumni artists. |
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February 27 - March 1
RI College - Roberts Hall
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $14
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Africa: Many Places, Many Faces |
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This new exhibit will explore the culture, art, lifestyle and ecology of a diverse array of African peoples. |
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Ongoing
Museum Of Natural History
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Adults $2 - Children $1
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Winter Fun Family Day |
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Learn about the history of maskmaking in Africa and create your own mask as part of the exhibit Believing Africa. |
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February 19, 10am - 12pm
Manning Hall
1-21 Prospect Street
Free To The Public
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Play Power |
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Engages kids and grown-ups in imaginative activities that vividly illustrate the importance of open-ended play. |
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Ongoing
Providence Children's Museum
100 South Street
Museum Admission $7.50
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John Brown House Tour |
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Tour the museum with a floral theme in collaboration with the annual RI Spring Flower & Garden Show. |
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February 21 - 22
John Brown House Museum
52 Power Street
Admission Is $5
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Sunday Family Workshop |
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These workshops, for families with children ages 5 to 12, combine gallery and studio experience. |
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February 22, 3pm - 4:30pm
RISD Chace Center
20 North Main Street
Admission Is $15
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Looking for some fun events for the kids while on vacation? Look no further than the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center! |
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February 19 - 20
Botanical Center
1000 Elmwood Avenue
Admission Is $3
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Providence String Quartet |
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The Providence String Quartet will perform pieces by Dmitri Shostakovich and Maurice Ravel. |
February 19, 7pm - 9pm
Providence Athenaeum
251 Benefit Street
Tickets Are $35
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The Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble highlights neo-classical music in the opening concert of their 2009 Season. |
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February 27, 8pm
RI College - Sapinsley Hall
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $7
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This concert will feature the RIC Choral Chamber Ensembles, RIC Chamber Singers, Women's Chorus, and Men's Chorus. |
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March 6, 8pm
RI College - Sapinsley Hall
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $4
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Harpsichord Recital |
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A harpsichord recital performed by Frederick Jodry and featuring works of
Bach's Goldberg Variations. |
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February 20, 8pm
Brown Univ. Grant Recital Hall
Corner Of Hope/Young Orchard
Tickets Are $20
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Museum Concerts presents Très: Hark How the Songsters with vocal solos & duos from the rich repertoire of Baroque England. |
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February 22, 3:30pm
St. Martin's Church
80 Orchard Avenue
Tickets Are $23
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Experience inspired musical mastery with the Silk Road Ensemble and acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma. |
March 6, 8pm
Prov Performing Arts Center
220 Weybosset Street
Tickets Are $37 - $79
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Jeffrey Siegel |
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World class pianist Jeffrey Siegel will entertain you with The Longevity of the Short
Piece. |
February 18, 7:30pm
RI College - Sapinsley Hall
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Tickets Are $25
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Combines performance
with collaborative and improvisational elements to create a unique music event. |
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March 1, 5pm
Perishable Theatre
95 Empire Street
Tickets Are $8
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Music Director Larry Rachleff leads the Philharmonic in a concert of music written during the second half of World War II. |
Febraury 28, 8pm
VMA Arts & Cultural Center
1 Avenue Of The Arts
Tickets Are $37 - $67
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Until The Violene Stops |
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A week long festival raising awareness through the arts to bring the issues of violence against women and girls center stage in our city. Click below for a complete schedule of events. |
February 20 - March 1
Various Locations
Prices Vary By Event
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Pack your passports, bags, cameras and binoculars. Get ready to discover a side of nature you've never seen before, at the 16th Annual Rhode Island Spring Flower & Garden Show. |
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February 19 - 22
RI Convention Center
One Sabin Street
Tickets Are $17
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ArtsReach
February 21, 7pm - 11pm, Mathewson Street Church, 134 Mathewson Street, Tickets $50
ArtsReach, a program of HeadsUp Inc, empowers the homeless and people living with AIDS to build life skills through the arts. This event will feature a soul food challenge, Salsa lessons, live music and a silent auction with all proceeds benefiting ArtsReach. Tickets can be purchased with cash at the door or click here to purchase tickets online and receive more information.
Tune In For A Good Cause
February 22, 2pm, Johnson & Wales Pepsi Forum, Corner Of Pine/Chesnut Street, Cash & Food Donations Welcome
Johnson & Wales University will host a winter concert, "Tune in for a Good Cause," featuring the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble. The concert is being sponsored by the JWU Arts & Sciences Cultural Life Series to support the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. Patrons are asked to bring food items most needed: canned soup, tuna, beans, fruits and vegetables; and whole wheat pasta, tomato sauce, brown rice, granola bars. Cash or check donations will also be welcomed. For more information please click here.
New Art For New People
February 22, 3pm - 8pm, Uptown Top Rankin, 246 Rankin Avenue, Suggested Donation $5
New Art For New People, a winter fundraiser for Not About The Buildings, features work from local artists, food and drink throughout the event. For more information please click here.
ECAS Theater
February 26, 6pm - 9pm, Anacaona Salon @ Ada's Creations, 1130 Broad Street, 2nd Level, Suggested Donations Are $25 - $100
A fun evening of cocktails, laughs and good company while supporting New England's leading independent Latino theater company. For more information please call 401-270-6565.
FirstWorks
March 6, Immediatly Following The Silk Road/Yo-Yo Ma PPAC Performance, Hotel Providence Ballroom, 139 Mathewson Street, Pre-Sale Tickets Are $100, $125 After February 20
Your once-in-a-lifetime chance to celebrate with the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma as they launch their North American concert tour in Providence! Sip champagne, sample signature cocktails and savor sweet delights with members of the Silk Road Ensemble at the Hotel Providence Ballroom, immediately following the performance at Providence Performing Arts Center. For more information please click here. |
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Call For Providence Based Artists & Art Sellers
Providence's new BUY ART campaign is designed to thank all shoppers who buy art and to help promote Providence based art merchants + artists. If you are based in Providence, sell art and wish to participate please email Michael Christofaro with your name, website address, brief description of the work you produce, address (internal use only), phone number (internal use only) and email address (internal use only).
Call For Vendors
The Providence Open Market is now accepting applications for its 2009 season. For more information please click here.
Call For Photographs & Drawings
Photographs and drawings are sought from kids and professional artists alike across the Ocean State to support the Year of Science theme for the month of June: Oceans & Water. They are seeking artistic works that show us what a day without the ocean would be like. Selected photos will appear on a rotating basis on June's Year of Science Ocean and Water website. Please send a digital image (photograph or scanned drawing) and caption explaining your thoughts, and include a caption no longer than 80 words, your name, and your grade or occupation with your submission. Submissions can be emailed Michael Lombardi by clicking here. Deadline for submission is May 1.
Trinity Repertory Company's Young Actors Summer Institute Now Enrolling
For the fifth summer, Trinity Rep will open its doors for boys and girls in grades 5-12 to explore a world of creativity and theater under the instruction of RI's most knowledgeable theater professionals with the Young Actors Summer Institute. The Summer Institute offers students a challenging five weeks of study in the fields of acting, playwriting, dance and much more. The Summer Institute runs from June 29 to August 1 in the Pell Chafee Performance Center. For more information please call 521-1100 X230 or click here.
New Roots Providence Grants
New Roots Providence is a program of the Providence Plan. Its purpose is to build the capacity of faith and community organizations by providing training, grants and technical assistance. New Roots will give Capacity Building Grants to individual organizations and partners of organizations working in Providence, Kent and Bristol counties. Grants will be used for activities that strengthen organizations and increase their ability to serve people in need. The Request For Proposals, with full instructions, can be obtained by clicking here. The deadline to submit is March 20. For more information please email Bernadette by clicking here. Access For All Abilities Grant
The Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities at Rhode Island College is soliciting applications from organizations and businesses providing social, recreational, leisure and cultural activities in Rhode Island communities for "Access for All Abilities" (AAA) Mini-Grants. To be eligible, the applicant must be a for-profit or non-profit organization or business or city or town government agency offering social, leisure, recreational, or cultural activities to the general public in Rhode Island. The deadline to apply is March 2. For more information and to download an application please click here.
The Steel Yard Spring/Summer Community Courses Now Enrolling
Highlights for the upcoming months of warmth include sculptural ceramics, glass casting, building bike trailers and much more. Courses fill up quickly so please click here for more information and to sign up. PPAC ARTS Scholarships 2009
Twenty-Five scholarships valued at up to $500 each will be awarded to qualified RI students ages 11 - 14 to attend local, summer arts education programs. Applications are available here and must be submitted by March 6. For more information please call 421-2997.
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To submit an Arts event for the Newsletter, please email Michael Christofaro at least two weeks prior to the event.
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City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism / 25 Dorrance Street / Room 111 / Providence / RI / 02903 / 401.421.2489 | |
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